Chi-Chung Chou received his D.V.M. and MS (Veterinary Medicine) at National Chung Hsing University (NCHU) in 1992 and became board certified the same year. He received his Ph.D. from the Department of Physiological Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Florida (USA) in 2001, studying the pharmacokinetics of caffeine in racing horses. Then, he moved to the Center for Chemical Toxicology Research and Pharmacokinetics at North Carolina State University as a post-doctoral research fellow. He joined the Department of Veterinary Medicine at NCHU in 2002 and became a Distinguished Professor in 2012. He has had several administrative positions at NCHU, including the director and deputy dean of the Office of International Affairs, deputy dean of the Office of Academic Affairs, dean of Research and Development, and dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine. He is currently the vice-president and dean of the Office of Academic Affairs at NCHU. He has also been the section head of the Diagnostic Lab at the Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital for more than 8 years. Currently, his research interests are in the area of veterinary pharmacokinetics and its applications to pathogen identification, disease diagnosis, and food safety, with recent emphases on aquatic species. He has published more than 120 peer-reviewed publications, translated books, and book chapters and owns four patents.